Crop · Tomatoes · per hectare

Budget for a hector of tomatoes

By Elisha97 · Updated 14 Jul 2026

Estimated total cost: 7616.14000 per hectare

Herbicides

Product Rate Unit Qty Unit cost Total Price source
Metribuzin
Broad leaf weeds; 1.0 - 1.5 lt/ha
1.200 lt 1.200 USD 25.00 USD 30.00000 Advisor reference
S Metolachlor 960EC
Mainly grasses; 1.3 - 1.5 lt/ha
1.400 lt 1.400 USD 18.00 USD 25.20000 Advisor reference
Fuzifop
Grasses; 0.5 - 2.0 lt/ha
1.000 lt 1.000 USD 22.00 USD 22.00000 Advisor reference

Nematicides

Product Rate Unit Qty Unit cost Total Price source
Oxamyl
Nematodes / eelworms; 3.2 - 4.9 lt/ha
4.000 lt 4.000 USD 35.00 USD 140.00000 Advisor reference

Insecticides

Product Rate Unit Qty Unit cost Total Price source
Imidacloprid 200SL
White flies; Aphids; Leaf eaters; 0.6 - 0.8 lt/ha
0.700 lt 0.700 USD 30.00 USD 21.00000 Advisor reference
Chlorpyrifos 48EC
False wireworm; Termites; Ants; 0.2 lt/ha
0.200 lt 0.200 USD 15.00 USD 3.00000 Advisor reference
Lambda cyhalothrin
Cutworms; 100 mls/100 l water
0.300 lt 0.300 USD 20.00 USD 6.00000 Advisor reference
Thunder
Leaf miners; 220 ml/100 l water
0.400 lt 0.400 USD 28.00 USD 11.20000 Advisor reference
Dimethoate 40EC
Aphids, Hoppers; 0.5 - 0.8 lt/ha
0.700 lt 0.700 USD 14.00 USD 9.80000 Advisor reference
Acetamiprid / Acetamark
Sap suckers; 15 g/100 l water
0.300 kg 0.300 USD 40.00 USD 12.00000 Advisor reference
Thiamethoxam / Actara
White grubs; 280 g/100 l water
0.400 kg 0.400 USD 45.00 USD 18.00000 Advisor reference
DDVP / Dichlorvos
Thrips, Semilooper, leaf eaters; 100-500 mls/100 l water
0.500 lt 0.500 USD 12.00 USD 6.00000 Advisor reference
Thunder
Boll worms, Beetles; 220 mls/100 l water
0.400 lt 0.400 USD 28.00 USD 11.20000 Advisor reference
Carbaryl
Cutworms, leaf eaters; 650 g/100 l water
1.300 kg 1.300 USD 16.00 USD 20.80000 Advisor reference
Avaunt / Steward / Indoxacarb
Tomato leaf miners; 125 mls/100 l water
0.250 lt 0.250 USD 60.00 USD 15.00000 Advisor reference
Lannate / Methomyl
Leaf miners; 150 g/100 l water
0.300 kg 0.300 USD 25.00 USD 7.50000 Advisor reference
Elegant (Emamectin + lufenuron)
Tuta absoluta; 250 ml/100 l water
0.500 lt 0.500 USD 55.00 USD 27.50000 Advisor reference
Belt
Boll worms, T. absoluta; 38 mls/ha
0.040 lt 0.040 USD 90.00 USD 3.60000 Advisor reference
Acephate
Semi loopers, T. absoluta; 650 g/ha
0.650 kg 0.650 USD 22.00 USD 14.30000 Advisor reference
Emamectin + Thiamethoxam
Leaf eaters; 60 mls/100 l water
0.120 lt 0.120 USD 48.00 USD 5.76000 Advisor reference
Cartap hydrochloride
T. absoluta, leaf eaters; 400 g/100 l water
0.800 kg 0.800 USD 30.00 USD 24.00000 Advisor reference
Abamectin 1.8EC
Will also control mites; 280 mls/100 l water
0.560 lt 0.560 USD 26.00 USD 14.56000 Advisor reference
Diazinon 30EC
Thrips, Hoppers; 120 mls/100 l water
0.240 lt 0.240 USD 18.00 USD 4.32000 Advisor reference
Malathion 25WP/50EC
Aphids, leaf eaters; 200 g/100 l water
0.400 kg 0.400 USD 12.00 USD 4.80000 Advisor reference
Volt
Aphids, White flies, Thrips, Red Spider mites
0.300 lt 0.300 USD 35.00 USD 10.50000 Advisor reference
Legend
Aphids, White flies, Thrips, Red Spider mites
0.300 lt 0.300 USD 38.00 USD 11.40000 Advisor reference

Fungicides

Product Rate Unit Qty Unit cost Total Price source
Copper Oxychloride
Prophylactic: early/late blights; 500 g/100 l water
1.000 kg 1.000 USD 10.00 USD 10.00000 Advisor reference
Bravo / Chlorothalonil
Prophylactic: early/late blights; 1 litre/100 l water
2.000 lt 2.000 USD 20.00 USD 40.00000 Advisor reference
Mancozeb
Prophylactic: early/late blights; 1 kg/100 l water
2.000 kg 2.000 USD 12.00 USD 24.00000 Advisor reference
Super Top
Early & late blight; 250 mls/100 l water
0.500 lt 0.500 USD 30.00 USD 15.00000 Advisor reference
Tebuconazole
Leaf spots; 75 mls/100 l water
0.150 lt 0.150 USD 40.00 USD 6.00000 Advisor reference
Blight Cure 72WP
Early & late blight; 350 g/100 l water
0.700 kg 0.700 USD 25.00 USD 17.50000 Advisor reference
Antrocol / Propineb
Early & late blight
1.000 kg 1.000 USD 18.00 USD 18.00000 Advisor reference
Wettable Sulphur
Powdery mildew; 200 g/100 l water
0.400 kg 0.400 USD 8.00 USD 3.20000 Advisor reference

Seed treatment

Product Rate Unit Qty Unit cost Total Price source
Thiram 80WP
Soil borne fungi; 75 g per 50 kg seed
0.150 kg 0.150 USD 20.00 USD 3.00000 Advisor reference

2. OTHER VARIABLE COSTS

Product Rate Unit Qty Unit cost Total Price source
Seed / seedlings lump sum 1.000 USD 1200.00 USD 1200.00000 Advisor reference
Basal fertilizer lump sum 1.000 USD 900.00 USD 900.00000 Advisor reference
Top dressing fertilizer lump sum 1.000 USD 600.00 USD 600.00000 Advisor reference
Lime lump sum 1.000 USD 150.00 USD 150.00000 Advisor reference
Land preparation / mechanisation lump sum 1.000 USD 400.00 USD 400.00000 Advisor reference
Labour lump sum 1.000 USD 1500.00 USD 1500.00000 Advisor reference
Irrigation / power lump sum 1.000 USD 700.00 USD 700.00000 Advisor reference
Packaging & marketing lump sum 1.000 USD 800.00 USD 800.00000 Advisor reference
Transport lump sum 1.000 USD 500.00 USD 500.00000 Advisor reference
Other lump sum 1.000 USD 250.00 USD 250.00000 Advisor reference
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